to pray for me?’ And I’ll say, yes, and I tell students, I am here to serve you. Here’s my number, if you need prayer or want to talk. I am available.” The petite, 48-year-old’s upbeat spirit seems to draw students and staff to her like a magnet. Doctoral student Katherine Lloyd meets weekly for lunch with “Miss Vickie” for fellowship and sup- port. Katherine says it was hard for her, too, coming to a new environment, leaving a rural area to attend school and live in an urban area the first time. But a mutual friend introduced her to Vickie via “Face- book” and she says, “We immediately connected.”
“Vickie is my only consistent Christian woman friend I have,” Katherine says. “She’s the only person I know here that I can go to as a woman and talk about stuff and know that this is coming from some- one who is like-minded in Christ. It’s a quick hour but it’s just good to know that once a week I have that fellowship.”
Vickie says she prayed for God to send her students, much like Shemaiah Strickland, who have teachable spirits and for those who are not Christians and who are hungry for the Word.
Each Thursday night, Bible study begins with
PAGE 41: Stewart regularly makes herself available to meet with students. Here she meets with doctoral student Katherine Lloyd (left) and resident assistant Shannon Smith (right). ABOVE: Junior Stephon Walker (left) and senior Phillip Datcher visit with “Miss Vickie” on campus. RIGHT: Vickie meets with Brandon Shaw and LaQuita Jones on campus. FAR RIGHT: Vickie leads a weekly girls Bible study on campus. She always directs the students to “the Word” when they face an issue. When the group discusses life’s problems, she often says to them: “Come on now, give me a verse.”
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